Magazine or the like



March 16, 1943. HELLER MAGZINE OR THEALIKE Original Filed Nov. l0, 1941 GeozyeHe-Zler Patented Mar. 16, 1943 anlass MAGAZINE R,` THEJ LIKE George Heller, Englewood, N. J., assignor of onehalf to Henryv M. Herbener, Thomasville, Ga.

Original application November 10,1941, Serial No. 418,617. Dvidedf and this application June 13, 1942, Serial No. 446,925

Claims.

My invention is a method of reinforcing the printed sheets or covers of magazines or the like, at their engagement with the staples, which hold the same together, and the product produced by the method.

The ordinary magazine includes a cover and a number of superposed leaves. Both the cover and the leaves are usually printed on both sides. Both the cover and the leaves are formed of continuous paper sheets which are folded transversely upon themselves and are secured together adiacent to the folding line by staples.

It not infrequently happens that the cover is torn from the body of the magazine, or individual sheets are torn from the magazine, by the lifting of the magazine by the cover or the individual sheets, or by other manipulation.

In accordance with my method a reinforcing coating is applied or printed upon the cover sheet and the leaf sheet or sheets, at proper positions thereon. The coating provides coated reinforced area or areas, at the folding lines of the sheets which areas are stronger and tougher than the sheets alone, and the staples pass through these reinforced coated areas. The result is that the cover sheet or leaf sheet or sheets are more securely held in place by staples. The coating material used is one which may be applied to the sheet or sheets by a printing process during the printing of the magazine and therefore must set rapidly. It is preferred to use a thermoplastic material as a coating, although a rapidly drying volatile plastic material may be used. The thermoplastic material will set instantly upon the removal of heat. As illustrations of thermoplastic materials, I may employ uncured rubber which is compounded with curing ingredients and anti-oxidants or uncured rubber treated with an anti-oxidant. As a highly volatile coating material I may use celloidin dissolved in an alcohol ether mixture or collodion dissolved in the same mixture. The coating material used, whether thermoplastic or rapidly volatile, should preferably be of such a character that it will produce a coating which is flexible, tough, and possesses substantial tensile strength.

This application is a division of my co-pending application for Method for producing magazine and product produced thereby, filed NovemberlO, 1941, Serial No. 418,617.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

. Figure l is an inner or rfront elevation of theV sheet constituting the cover of the magazine,` showing the coated reinforced areas formed thereon, j

Figure 2 is an elevation of the back or outerface of the sheet from which two ofthe leaves of the magazine are formed, showing the coated reinforced areas formed thereon,

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the magazine, embodying the assembledA cover and leaf sheets,

Figure 4 is an enlarged transverse section taken on line 4-4 of Figure 3, l

Figure 5v is a diagrammatic view illustrating the method of printing the coating upon the, sheets during the printing of individual pairs of connected leaves, and, 1

Figure 6 is azvievv similar to Figure 4, showingl a slight modification of the magazine.

In the drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral IIJ designates thevv cover sheet of the magazine, which coversheet isvfcldable upon a transverse line I'I, providingI cover leaves l2. This cover sheet has a reinforcing coating I3 applied to its front or inner face, adjacent to the folding line II. The coating I3 is preferably in the form of elongated or elliptical areas, providing withv the sheet reinforced coated` areas I3 of the same shape and size as the coat'- ing. These reinforced coated areas I3 straddle the folding line II and staples I4 pass through the reinforced coating areas I3. The coatingy I3 is also applied to the leaf lsheet I5. The coating is applied to the outer or back face of each' leaf sheet, at the folding line II and straddles this folding line. This is preferred so that the coating willnot be visible upon the inner face of the center leaf sheet, which is usually. employed to carry a full-page advertisement. The

coating E3 upon the leaf sheet I5 provides rein,

forced coating areas I3", corresponding in shape and size with the coating I3. when folded upon its transverse line I I produces the leaves I5. The reinforced coated areasof the leaf sheet I5 straddle the folding Il', as"

shown. As clearly shown in Figure 4, the reinforced coating areas I3 are arranged in spaced groups, and the areas in each group are'inv sub' stantial alignment, and the staples I4- passthrough the reinforced coated areas and the ends of the staples are bent down over the center leaf, as shown.

As stated,- the plastic material is printed upon;

the sheet to provide the coating. When a ther*- moplastic material is used, such thermoplasticmaterial is keptin a molten conditionin'a` tank The leaf sheet I Gwhich is suitably heated. An applicator roll II applies the heated molten thermoplastic material to raised type or portions I 8 formed upon a printing roll I9, having a blank pressure roll arranged near and opposite the same. The rolls I'I, I8, and 2D are kept suitably heated so that the thermoplastic material is maintained in the liquid condition until printed or coated upon the sheet to produce the coating I3. The sheet is passed between the rolls I9 and 20 and the travel of the sheet and the travel of the roll I9 and the location of the raised portions I8 are such that the coating I3 will be formed upon the sheet adjacent to and straddling the folding line II, when the sheet is subsequently folded transversely upon this line. The coating I3 is applied to the inner or front face of the cover sheet III,

as explained, while the coating I3 is applied to the rear or outer face of the leaf sheet I5. The web of paper after having the coating I3 printed thereon, which instantly sets, is then fed between the pairs of printing rolls 2 I, whereby one or both faces of the pairs of connected leaves are printed, asV is well known. The web is subsequently severed at intervals to provide the separated pairs of connected folded leaves. All leaves printed upon one web of paper contain the same subject matter, and this is true whether the leaves are cover leaves or inner leaves. When the leaves in each pair are folded, the coating I3 .will be arranged to straddle the folding line, producing the reinforced coated areas. Different pairs of folded inner leaves are assembled Within a pair of cover leaves to produce the magazine, and the reinforced coated areas are arranged in groups, and the coated areas in each group are in alignment, and the staple I4 is passed through all of the reinforced coated areas in each group. I contemplate applying the reinforcing coating upon all of the inner pairs of folded leaves as shown in Figure 4 or I may apply the reinforcing coating only to the center inner folded pair of leaves as shown in Figure 7 with or Without the reinforcing coating applied to the pair of folded cover leaves.

If a highly volatile coating material is used, the same may be applied to the printing roll I9 by the roll I1, but elements I6, I'I, I9, and 2U would not be heated.

While I have shown the coating as embodying spaced areas, the invention is not restricted to this feature as the coated area may extend throughout the entire Width of the sheet.

It is to be understood that the forms of my invention herewith shown and described are to be taken as preferred examples of the same and that various changes in the shape, size, and arrangement of parts may be resorted to, and that changes in the order of the steps of the method may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A magazine or the like, comprising a pair of back leaves having a folding line and reinforcing coatings at the folding line and spaced longitudinally thereof, pairs of inner leaves having folding lines, each inner leaf having reinforcing coatings at the folding line and spaced longitudinally of the folding line, the coatings of the several leaves overlapping to form groups, and staples connecting the several leaves and passing through the groups of coatings.

2. A magazine or the like, comprising pairs of assembled leaves having folding lines, at least one pair of leaves having a set reinforcing coating formed of a thermoplastic material including rubber, the reinforcing coating being flexible and tough, and a staple connecting all pairs of leaves and passing through the reinforcing coating.

3. A magazine or the like comprising a pair of back leaves having a folding line and reinforcing means adjacent to the folding line, the reinforcing means consisting entirely of a plastic coating adhering to the back leaves and set before the leaves are assembled and having substantial strength, a pair of inner leaves having a folding line and reinforcing means adjacent to the folding line, the last named reinforcing means consisting entirely of a plastic coating adhering to the inner leaves and set before the leaves are assembled and having substantial strength, the coatings being in substantial alignment, and a securing element passed through the pairs of leaves and the coatings.

4. A magazine or the like, comprising a pair of back leaves having a folding line and reinforcing means upon their inner face adjacent to the folding line, the reinforcing means consisting entirely of a plastic coating adhering to the back leaves and set before the leaves are assembled, a pair of inner leaves having a fol-ding line and reinforcing means adjacent to the folding line upon their outer face, the second named reinforcing means consisting entirely of a plastic coating adhering to the inner leaves and set before the leaves are assembled and having substantial strength, the reinforcing coatings overlapping, and an attaching element passing through the pairs of leaves and the reinforcing coatings.

5. A magazine or the like, comprising a pair of back leaves having a folding line and reinforcing means upon their inner face at the folding line, the reinforcing means consisting entirely of a plastic coating' adhering to the back leaves and set before the leaves are assembled and having a substantial strength, pairs of inner leaves having folding lines, the center pair of inner leaves only having reinforcing means upon their outer face at the folding line, the second named reinforcing means consisting entirely of a plastic coating adhering to the inner leaves and set before the leaves are assembled and having substantial strength, the reinforcing coatings overlapping, and a staple passing through all the pairs of leaves and through the reinforcing coatings.

6. A magazine or the like, comprising a pair of back leaves having a folding line and reinforcing means at the folding line, the reinforcing means consisting entirely of a plastic coating adhering to the back leaves and set before the leaves are assembled, pairs of inner leaves having folding lines, at least one pair of inner leaves having reinforcing means at the folding line, the second named reinforcing means consisting entirely of a plastic coating adhering to the inner leaves and set before the leaves are assembled and having substantial strength, the reinforcing coatings overlapping, and a staple passing through all pairs of leaves and the reinforcing coatings.

'7. A magazine or the like, comprising a pair of back leaves having a folding line, pairs of inner leaves having folding lines, at least one pair of inner leaves having reinforcing means at the folding line, the reinforcing means consisting entirely of a plastic coating adhering to the inner leaves and set before the leaves are assembled and having substantial strength. and attaching means passing through all pairs of leaves and through the reinforcing coating.

8. A magazine or the like, comprising pairs of leaves having folding lines, at least one pair of leaves having reinforcing means at the folding line, the reinforcing means consisting entirely of longitudinally spaced plastic coatings, adhering to the leaves and set before the leaves are assembled and having substantial strength, and attaching elements connecting the pairs of yleaves and passing through the reinforcing coatings.

9. A magazine or the like, comprising a pair of back leaves having a folding line and reinforcing means at the folding line, the reinforcing means consisting entirely of plastic coatings spaced 1ongitudinally of the folding line and adhering to the back leaves and set before the leaves are assembled and having substantial strength, pairs of inner leaves having folding lines, the center inner leaf only having reinforcing means at the folding line, the second named reinforcing means consisting entirely of plastic coatings spaced longitudinally of the last named folding line and adhering to the inner leaves and set before the leaves are assembled and having substantial strength, the coatings of the inner center leaf overlapping .the coatings of the pair of back leaves, and staples passing through all pairs of leaves and through the reinforcing coatings.

10. A magazine or the like, comprising pairs of assembled leaves having folding lines, certain of the leaves having reinforcing means adjacent to the folding line, the reinforcing means consisting entirely of a plastic coating adhering to the leaves and set before the leaves are assembled, the set coating being flexible, tough, and having substantial tensile strength, and a staple connecting the leaves and passing through the reinforcing coating.

GEORGE HELLER. 

